Since web2.0, we are able to share file to each other, number of cybercrime also been increased because of the convenience of Internet which facilitate hacker to hack our computer by different tools.
However, till now, hackers are only stealing the important document from your computer or spreading virus to your computer, but also locking your computer system and you need to pay to open your computer system like the wanna cry program.
But not all cyber-attacks involve high-end technical skills or state-sponsored actors. At the opposite end of the scale are hacks that take advantage of long-fixed security mistakes, ambiguities in user interfaces, and even good old-fashioned human oversight.[1]
In the last blog about Wikileak, we know about some hacker attack government system to release the truth to whole world. But the more is hacking our computer for their own profit or damaging others economy. Therefore, are we needed to learn how to hack others to protect ourselves?
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack
http://www.carnegiecyberacademy.com/facultyPages/cyberCriminals/operate.html
https://www.cnet.com/news/wannacry-wannacrypt-uiwix-ransomware-everything-you-need-to-know/
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/01/cyber-attacks-hacking-philip-hammond-state-cybercrime
It was lucky that someone stopped wanna cry
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